喱 meaning and stroke order
Gram; the weight of one grain
How to write 喱, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 喱
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams)
- Taiwan pr. [li3]
How 喱 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. A thousandth 厘 of a meal 口; 厘 also provides the pronunciation.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 喱
Put a mouth 口 next to 厘 (lí), a tiny unit, and you get a tiny mouthful, like one grain. The 厘 side also tells you the sound lí.
On its own, 喱 is a rare unit of weight called a grain, about 0.065 grams. In everyday Chinese you will almost always see it in the loanword 咖喱 (gālí), curry. Example: 我想吃咖喱饭。(Wǒ xiǎng chī gālí fàn.) I want to eat curry rice.
Common mistake: Learners often write 厘 (lí) without the 口 when they mean curry. Curry is 咖喱, and both characters take the mouth radical 口.
Common words with 喱
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 咖喱 | gālí | (loanword) curry |
喱 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 喱
How many strokes are in 喱?
喱 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 喱 mean?
喱 (lí) means gram; the weight of one grain. A common word with it is 咖喱 (gālí), meaning "(loanword) curry".
How do you pronounce 喱?
喱 is pronounced lí, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 喱?
The radical of 喱 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 喱 under this radical.
Is 喱 pronounced lí or lǐ?
In mainland Mandarin it is lí, second tone. In Taiwan it is often read lǐ, third tone, so you may hear gālǐ for curry there.
Why do both characters in 咖喱 have 口?
Many Chinese loanwords take 口 to show that the characters are used for their sound. 咖 and 喱 together spell out the foreign word curry, and 口 marks them as sound characters.